Tire remover



Patented June 9, 1925.

UNITED STATES FANoIs ALFRED FORTIN, or PINcnEn CREEK, ALBERTA', CANADA.

TIRE REMovER.

Application filed November 6, 1924. Serial No. 748,172.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANgors ALFRED FORTIN, a subject of the King of Great Britain, and resident of Fincher Creek, in the Province of Alberta and Dominion of Canada, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Tire Removers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in tire removers and particularly to means for' removing tires from wagon wheels and the like, and the objects of the invention are to provide a simply constructed, durable and easily handled device of this char-- y act-er in which the several partsv are so arranged and constructedl that they will more satisfactorily perform'the various functions required of them.

Referring now to the drawings, in which like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in each ligure:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved device.

Figure 2 is a front elevation.

Figure 3 is a section on line 3-3 of Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a cross section of the movable pivot. I

In the drawings, 10 designates a standard or support of any suitable form and adapted, through the opening 11 in the top, to be fixedly secured to a wall or the like, the bottom of the standard being provided with a foot 12 protruding at right angles therethrough and having an orifice 13 therein whereby it can be iixedly secured. On the inner end of the foot is a block 14 and at right angles to this and fitting into a recess therein is a vertical block 15 fixedly secured to the support '10 by means of a bolt 16.

This block 15 is designed to engage the tire 17 of a wheel 18, as illustrated in Figure 1, the wheel being mounted on a pivot member 19 slidably mounted in a suitable base 20 having a guideway 21 therein adapted to engage with guide plate 22 on the base of said pivot member 19.

Slidably mounted on the support 10 in brackets 23 and 24 is a pressure-exerting member 25 comprising a vertical section 26 formed at its upper end with a ratchet 27 and at its lower end with a plate 28 suitably curved to engage with the felloes 29 of the wheel 18 to exert pressure thereon.

For operating the member 25 I provide at the top. ofthe support 10 a bifurcated handle. 30 pivotally mounted in brackets 31.` This handle is designed to form a lever and has pivotally mounted therein at 32 a dog 33 designed to engage, with ratchet. teeth 27. To move the Amember 25 upwardly out of engagement with the felloe of a Wheel I providea lever 34 pivotally mounted on the member 25 at 35 and pivotally connected lthrough links 36 and '37 with bracket members 38y and 39 on each side of the support 10, the linksy 36 and 37 being formed with slots 40 to engage with bolts 42through said bracket members. To, retain the ,member4 25 in upward position it is only necessary toswing the lever 34 into raised position, as shown in Figure 1. Y Itwill be notel that ,this lever 43,4 is of skeleton formation adapted Yto fit over and on each side of the member 26. A sleeve member 46 is provided when additional leverage is required to the handle 30, the said member being readily removed. 44 and 45 are retaining screws in the bracket members 23 and 24.

In operation, the wheel 18 being placed in position, as shown in Figure l, with the pivot member 19 extending through the hub, the lever 34 is swung downwardly over the bracket 23 allowing the member 25 to dropy until the plate 28 engages with the felloes' 29 of the wheel. Then there is exerted the necessary downward pressure on the felloes in opposition t0 the upward pressure exerted by the contact between the block 15 and the tire 17, the arm 30 being moved downwardly causing the` dog 33 to engage with the teeth 27 one at a time until the necessary pressure is exerted on the felloes 29 and the member 26. When the tire is thus removed the lever arm 34 is swung back into position, as shown in Figure 1, raising the pressureexerting member 25 away from the wheel.

As many changes could be made in the above construction and many apparently widely different embodiments of my invention, within the scope of the claims, constructed without departing from the spirit or scope thereof, it is intended that all matter contained in the accompanying specilication and drawings shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

Whatv I claim as my invention is:

1. A tire remover comprising a supporting frame, a bleek Carried by said frame adapted'to support a wheel tirent pressureeXerting elloes-engaged member slidably mounted in said frame, means for raising and maintainingraised orwletting drop V said member, and means for exerting pressure on the felloes through said member on the lat'- ter being lowered, and adjustable piyotal means for supporting the Wheel; 2. device of the Character described compriiig a Sutabl treme, afrefSPrOfr ing bloek Carried byf'said iframe, a pressureexerting member slidably inountedin said liame'Qa elloe-engagingplate Carried by said member at one england ratchet means formed on said member alt'the other enkhlaleveif, meansfor-raising' and maintaining raised or letting drop said pressureV-egerting member, audm'eans `for exerting pre sure on said inember inf lowered Pstfm- 3.' lfhe d ev'iee' as Claimed in claim 2 rin whichthe 'means Yrai in'z'iintaining raised or letting drop comprises a lever pivotally mounted the lpres sure'fexerting member, brafelrets 4earrlied bythe frame, and sldctedI linksVv eonneetedfat one end to said braoketshind at the other end pivotally oonneetedto said lever.

4.' 'llhe device as claimed in vclaim 2 in the pressure-exerting member in lowered position eou'ipri'ses brackets 'err the frame, a bifureatedlever arm pivotallyiiiounted in said brackets, a dog pivotally carried by `said lever and designed t0 engeee'wth the ratchet means on the pressure-exerting member, and a handle for said lever arm.

5. In a device of the character described and in combination, afsuitable frame, a tiresupporting block iu said -frame, a pressureexerting member slidably iiiountedinv'said frame, and means Carried by'rthe'pressiireeerting" ln'iei'n'ber adapted toengage with the elloes et ay Wheel' to 'eiert downward pressure thereon, a pivotal'ly mounted' lever 'on said membeigland Sil'Otted link ineans ooiineting said lever 'with the frame, a ratchet formed on said member, anda 'dog member iri'votally connected "tofa lever Carried by the traine adapted tol engage With 'sai-dratehet toeonrey 'pressure to V,the 'pressure-exerting n'iemb'er, and adjustable' means adapted to extend through the Wheel hub 'to support the Wheel.v

'ln witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the' presence of tryo witnesses.

" 'i FRANQOIS ALFRED FORTIN.

`litnesses: i

""DoNALD THOMSON, "BIQAGIE GREGQRY. 

